The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex Parte JOHN S. FERNANDO,
HYUN LEE, and TREVOR E. LITTLE
Appeal No. 2006-2521
Application No. 09/788,582
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection
of claims 1-23, which constitute all the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and apparatus for transferring multi-
source/multi-sink control signals using a differential signaling technique. More
particularly, an “active” state is transferred on a control signal network by inverting the
previous voltage level, and an “inactive state” is transferred by maintaining the previous
level.
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